Dell PowerStore 3200Q All-Flash Storage
Model: PowerStore 3200Q
Tech Specs
Processor
4 Intel® Xeon® CPUs
64 cores, 2.1 GHz
Functional
All-flash, all-NVMe storage appliance
Unified support for block, file, vVols and container-based workloads
Memory
768 GB DRAM
System Overview
Base enclosure
2U enclosure with dual active/active nodes
25 2.5” NVMe drive slots
2 NVRAM modules
Four IO modules
Dual redundant power supplies
Expansion enclosures
2U enclosure (up to three per appliance)
24 2.5″ NVMe drive slots
Supported model: ENS24
Dual redundant power supplies
System Limits
Max Block Volumes/Clones (FC/iSCSI/NVMe): 1,500
Max Volumes per Volume Group: 128
Max Volume Groups: 125
Max Volume Size: 256TB
Max Snapshots (Block): 50,000
Max User File Systems: 1,500
Max NAS Servers: 50
Max File System Size: 256TB
Max vVol Storage Containers: 50
Max vVols: 9,000
Expansion Capacity
Expansion method
Scale-up: Base plus up to 3 expansion enclosures per appliance
Scale-out: Up to 4 appliances per cluster
Clusters include load balancing intelligence, allow seamless data movement between appliances.
Per appliance
Max capacity: 5.90 PBe
Max drives: 93
Per cluster
Max capacity: 23.60 PBe
Max drives: 372
Connectivity
Front-end network protocols
Block: FC, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP
VMware vVols 2.0: FC, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP
File: NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFSv4.2; CIFS (SMB 1), SMB 2, SMB 3.0, SMB 3.02, and SMB 3.1.1; FTP and SFTP
Front-end network ports
Max network ports: 24
Max 16/32Gb FC ports: 16
Max 10GBase-T/iSCSI ports: 16
Max 10/25 GBE/iSCSI ports: 24
Back-end expansion ports
100GbE QSFP
Management ports
1Gbe
Media Types
NVMe QLC SSDs
15.36TB
30.72TB
Software
All software required to store data and manage the appliance is included with PowerStore purchase. Upgrades are non-disruptive.
Data Optimization
Efficiency
Thin provisioning
Thin clones
Dynamic Resiliency Engine
Data Reduction
5:1 DRR guarantee
Hardware-based compression
Global deduplication (entire appliance)
Zero detect
Data Protection
Local Protection
SED-based encryption with self-managed and external key management
Local Point-In-Time Copies (Snapshots and Thin Clones)
Immutable & Secure Snapshots
File Level Retention (FLR)
Remote Protection
Native Synchronous/Asynchronous Block and File Replication
Native Metro Volume Synchronous Block Replication (including 3rd-site Witness)
Native Metro Synchronous File Replication (including 3rd site witness)
Native PowerProtect DD integration – manage local or multicloud backups directly from PowerStore
Security
US Department of Defense:  DoDIN APL for PowerStoreOS 3.5
Common Criteria EAL2 – PowerStoreOS 3.5 certified
Data-at-Rest Encryption
(KMIP) compliant external key manager
IPv6 USGv6-R1 certification
Multi-factor authentication via RSA SecurID
Secure and immutable snapshots
Native SHA2 certificate
Dell Common Event Enabler; AntiVirus Agent (CEPA)
Data-in-flight encryption
Other compliance
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance
Secure TLS communication
Management
PowerStore Manager UI
CLI, REST API
Infrastructure Observability (cloud-based storage analytics) with ProSupport
Proactive Assist: Configure remote support, online chat, open a service request, etc.
Quality of Service (Block and vVols)
Syslog support (including alerts)
Ecosystems
PowerStore supports a wide variety of protocol and advanced features available via various software suites and packs including but not limited to:
VMware
Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere™: For provisioning, management, and cloning
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Integration: Managing failover and failback making disaster recovery rapid and reliable
Virtualization API Integration: VMware: VAAI and VASA.
vRO Plugin for PowerStore
DevOps/Containers
Container Storage Interface (CSI) Plugin for PowerStore
Ansible Module for PowerStore
Terraform Provider
Other
OpenStack Cinder Driver
Data Mobility
Block Migration
Native block migration from Unity, Unity XT, PS Series, SC Series, VNX2, VMAX3, XtremIO, and 3rd-party arrays
File migration
Native file migration for Unity, Unity XT, VNX2
Physical
Base unit
Empty weight: 35.8 kg/79 lb
Full weight: 41.7 kg/92 lb
Vertical size: 2 NEMA units
Height: 8.72 cm/3.43 in
Width: 44.72 cm/17.61 in
Depth: 79.55 cm/31.32 in
Expansion enclosure (ENS24)
Empty weight: 27.2 kg/60 lb
Full weight: 33.5 kg/74 lb
Vertical size: 2 NEMA units
Height: 8.89 cm / 3.5 in
Width: 43.18 cm / 17 in
Depth: 65.30 cm / 25.71 in
Power
AC line voltage
100 to 240 VAC ± 10%, single phase, 47 to 63 Hz
AC line current
Typical operating temperature (26°C): 5.8 A max at 200V
Maximum operating temperature (40°C): 7.7 A max at 200V
Power consumption
Typical operating temperature of (26°C) / 1140.9 W (1164.2 VA) max at 200V-240V (+/- 10%)
Maximum operating temperature of 40°C / 1505.1 W (1535.8 VA) max at 200V-240V (+/- 10%)
Heat Dissipation
Typical operating temperature of 26°C / 4.11 x 106 J/hr, (3,893 Btu/hr) max 200VAC
Maximum operating temperature of 40°C / 5.42 x 106 J/hr, (5,136 Btu/hr) max 200VAC